As the two disciples reflected on their long walk and talk with Jesus, they exclaimed, "Were our hearts not burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?" (Lk 24: 32 ) It's not often enough that our hearts burn when we heard or read the Gospel for the day, or a random chapter of Scripture. It is really a gift when the Word leaps out at us and seems to be written explicitly for us. When it happens, we know it, and feel that burning sensation, that closeness to Jesus as described by the disciplies. We can't make it happen, but we can predispose ourselves to it by calming ourselves before we pray with the Scriptures, by casting aside our distractions and pre-occupations,, and by focusing on the Word in front of us. We can also ask for the grace to be touched, to see or hear clearly, and thus be ready for the burning. A cursory, rushed reading will not work. Hungering to hear what God wants to say to us, will.
Bro. Rene
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